After Alex Ferguson, I reckon that Brian Clough can probably be considered the 2nd best football manager ever (in England) and it was his achievements with Nottingham Forest which earn him this lofty status. He won the league with them in 1978 and then back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, managing them in total for an incredible 18 years (mind you, Fergie did 26 years at Man Utd).
This statue is in Nottingham town centre and was unveiled on 6th November 2008 by Clough's widow (he died in 2004 aged 69) - specific info about the unveiling ceremony can be found
here, including a video of the unveiling itself (scroll right down to the bottom). It was
chosen from a shortlist of three by a selection panel earlier in the year, the winning design by
Les Johnson made into an 8ft tall bronze statue that cost £70,000. On the whole it's fine, but I'm not a great fan of the hands above the head pose which seems a bit too self-congratulatory, bearing in mind Clough seemed very down to earth.
That said, it still does a decent job of recognising a true footballing legend - below is a Google streetview image showing the road down which the statue faces.
Overall:- 6.5/10
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